When Nimuro became the new Lion Champion, he bestowed his position as protector of the Hall of Ancestors on Domotai. [5] Domotai fought off a Tsuno attack on the Hall of Ancestors in 1159. [9] Realizing the attack was merely a diversion he led his troops to the Kitsu Tombs where a much larger attack was taking place. Domotai led the charge but was eventually knocked unconcious and taken by the Tsuno. [5]Ikoma Otemi was the Protector of the Hall of Ancestors in his absence. [10]

Tsuno Kurushimi, leader of the attack, carried Domotai as prisoner to Nikushimi Shinden, [2] where Nikushimi tortured the warrior. [11]Tsuno Soultwisters magic kept him free of
Taint, as they did not wish to allow him to escape into the madness of corruption. Domotai endured the torture and the Soultwisters took over. Their magic plumbed deep into Domotai's mind, learning all that he knew about the Lion Clan. In turn, Domotai learned from them, gathering key information to be used against the creatures if he could escape. [7]

He would the following months being tortured by the Tsuno until he was passed on to the care of Shahai and her bloodspeakers in 1159. Two months later he was finally rescued by Toturi Tsudao in a Naga city in the Shinomen Forest. Shortly before he had seen a hooded man in blue robes, supposely Matsu Turi, the Dark Oracle of Water. Turi let Tsudao to rescue him so that Domotai would see how much he had changed due to the torture. Domotai would have recurring nightmares about his time in captivity for the remainder of his life. [5]

In 1159 a message was sent to the Lion leadership by the Dark Oracle of WaterMatsu Turi who announced that he had come into the possession of the remains of Akodo. In exchange for those remains he demanded a vassal of true Matsu lineage. Domotai volunteered. [5] He gifted his tanto, which beared the mark of Kitsu and Matsu families, a weapon entrusted only to who protected the Hall of Ancestors, to his brother Nimuro. [12] In 1160 alongside his sister Satomi and a hundred Lion he travelled to the Black Tear Mountain in the Twilight Mountains where the trade was to take place. Once the Lion were retreating with the remains he committed seppuku rather than serve the abomination Turi had become. Turi and the Tsuno had engineered a trap to the Lion by summoning magically a huge force of Tsuno to the valley. The Lion were prepared, with an entire legion lying in cover with Kitsu magic. The Tsuno were routed without the support of Turi, who fled when uncertainty clouded his mind after Domotai's seppuku. [5][13]